Madagascar's unique species
Madagascar is the home of many endemic species, species occuring nowhere but on this island due to its evolutionary isolation. About 80% of all Madagascar species are endemic. Of that 80%, many species are locally endemic: occuring on certain (or only one) location on the island.
This photo collection celebrates some of Madagascar's unique species.
Ferdy Christant created this list 12 years ago
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Giant Crab-backed orb weaver at night in Madagascar -
Greenish/blue Praying Mantis, Madagascar -
Heterixalus punctatus on leaf at night, Andasibe, Madagascar -
Madagascar Spiny orb-weaver (Gasteracantha versicolor formosa) -
Malagasy Sacred Ibis -
Greater Vasa Parrot -
Awaken the giant -
Madagascar Nile Crocodile -
Eastern lesser bamboo lemur being careful -
Finger-licking good! -
Mossy leaf-tailed gecko on tree in Madagascar -
Mossy leaf-tailed gecko, Andasibe, Madagascar -
Madagascar Cuckooshrike, Andasibe, Madagascar -
The Indri Indri, up close and personal -
Pygmy Cuckooshrike in Andasibe -
Nelicourvi Weaver, Andasibe, Madagascar -
The king of lemurs -
Red-fronted Coua says hai! -
Madagascar Magpie-Robin (male) -
Diademed sifaka, the colorful Lemur -
Eastern woolly lemur sleeping in tree -
Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko -
Globe-horned chameleon, Pyreras Reserve, Madagascar -
Lined Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus lineatus)